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HOW ENGLAND WELCOMED AND [Value to Farmers

THE PIONEER, DIDSBURY, ALBERTA

CARED FOR BELGIAN REFUGEES:

THE BRITISH ACCOMPLISHED MAGNIFICENT WORK

Huge Task Involved in Successfully Handling the Situation when

Two Hundred Thousand

Homeless Belgians were

Landed on England’s Shores

Leaving it for the historians to de-
eide whether the British nation used
Belgium as a cat's paw, a writer in
the New York Tribune says there can
be no doubt that the Brit'sh people ac-
complished a inagnificent piece of
work Wien they welcomed some 200,-
000 Belgian refugees, most of whom
Janded on England's shore with only
the clothes they wore. These wretch-
ed people ‘iad to le fed, clothed and
provided with homes. ‘The work d
to be done béfore the realization was
ready for». The government was
everwhelemd with other matters, and
® it was left to volunteers to solve
these unprecedentce! problems. lor
the success of the work much credit
is due to Mr. C. 1. Whittaker, a form-
er newspaperman, who, on account of
a slight astigmatism, was rejected by

a recruiting officer, and so, deiermia-!
ed to help in some way, he found hin- !

self chief of the operating
the Belgian relief
Whittaker is now in New York
the hope that his shattered health
May be restored.

The committee formed to aid
government in curing for thé Be
began by employing a secretary and
establishing him in two small rooms
The deluge immedi.tely overwhelmed
him and swamped his quariers. Jt was
plain that a large staff and a whole
building would be required for the
mere clerical work. ‘Thirty typewrit-
ers were nee.wed for the correspond:

of
Mr.

force
committee.

the

nS

ence, which quickly rose to 2,000 let-!

ters a day. Mr. Whittaker says that

more than fifty clerks worked like gal- |

ley slaves for ten days before they
headed the stream of letters, Another
fifty were employed upon the card in-
dexesS of invitations and refugees.
Then as the work kept growing upon
the laborers it was necossary to ask
for some goverment help. Several
renovated workhouses and other pub-
lic buildings tot in use
over to the committee, and these with
the private houses offered proved suf-
ficient for the purpose.

The idea of the committ was, of
course, not only to keep the el
permanently in any gove i
ing, but to get them distr!
private families throughout the
dom, The response of the Br
people to the appeal to offer ten
ary homes for the Re! 8 Was
pressive. The trouble was that, whi +
offers were numercys, the committee
had to take the greatest care that the
Belgians billeted upcr these homes
should be congenial, ana that their

hosts wotild try to take no udvantage |

of their destitution.

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Sume few peo-

Edisonie Maling Dyes =

Inventor Urges Manufacturers
Break German Monopoly

Thomas A. Kdison has predicted
that the United States would soon be
manufacturing its own dyes, and that
the so-called famine in dyes, due to
the war, was about to end, At his
plant at Silver Lake, N.J., he said, he
had already made large quantities of
the best aniline dyes, and he asserted
that it was only nec:
Manufacturers to follow
to break the monopoly
luany has hitherto had
industry.

“Since the outbreak of the war,”
he said, “I have been making carbolic
acid, aniline oil, anc benzol. The last
sold at 26 cents a gallon before the
war. Today mantfacturers are pay-
ing 60 to 75 cents. Aniline oil was
selling at 11 to 12 cents a pound be-
fore the war. Now it is up to 70
cents. I am not making very much
money in this line, but 1 thought I
would at least make the start, and
I hope some of these timid Americans
who lack backbone to fatier a move-
Ment worth while will now come
aiong and ‘ollow suit.

“The Germans controlled the trade
to such a degree that no one clse
gave much thought to it, But the
textile men in this country need not
be worried.
all the primary colors they wish, and
more, too. What we need most is a
protective law such as Canada has.
We should prevent ‘dumping’
foreign goods.”

to

his cxaumple
Which Ger-
in the dye

The Call

The Call rings loud and true
To all men sound and fit,
Your country’s call to you!
How will you enswer it?
When others do and dare
Across the narrow sea
Can your own heart declare,
“They have no need.for me?”

Listen once more! The Call
Beats in the throbing drum
Bidding not 6nesbut all
e Of Britain's manhood come!
Because your comrade went,
Freely and nothing loth,
Shall all Lis toil be spent
To keep you here in sloth?

What use to shut your ears?

Your country claims her debt
And in the coming years

Your heart shal! judge you yet!
Think of that future day

And choose the nobler plan
That you may truly say, -

“at least J played the man!”
—Apon.

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were turned |

im- |

ssary for textile |

We can make for them,

here of}

‘ple wrote in offering to employ com-
| petent Belgian domcustic servants at
about one-quarter of the wages that
they would have to pay English maids
Among the Belgians, too, it was fourd
that there were some who could not
jhe trusted safely without surveillance.
, The refugees were divided into-three
classes, and billeted upon hosts of
corresponding classes, There were
the professional people, officers and
university professors, the middle,
elassee, and the peasauts. Mr. Whit-
taker remarks that one of the greatest
difieulties in outfitting the third class
was that the English shoes were not
large enough. Used to wearing sabots
,all their lives the feet of hundreds of
these refugees could hardly be com-
| pressed into the jargest English shoes,

Another difficu'ty was that as the
rai.ways were all under military con-
trol, the committee rarely had more
than forty minutes’ notice of the ar-
, rival of a new host of refugees. Thea
tre motor busses would have to dash
at great speed to the railroad station
(9 meet the immigrants. They would
be conveyot immeciately to one of
several large buildings, where they
eould be fed, pathec and supplied with
food. Many of them came literally
empty handed; but some had broug ut
all their impedients. Wheelbarrows
were prominent. The Antwerp Jews
brought vanloads of house furniture,
thus creating one of the most pathe-
was essentially one of the most pathe-
tic incidents of the war.

The day after the fall of Antwerp
j the committee had to care for 6,000
| iteleions, Three-quartcrs of them weve
women and children, There were sev-
eral cases of women givin; birth to

jchildren within a few hours aiter
their arrival, Some Belgian babies

were born on the boat that carried
{them to England, some on the train
that brought them to London. A staff
jof doctors was as necessary as a staff
of clerks or cooks. However, thanks
ito the generosity of the British people
and the hard, systematic work of the
committee, the great task was accom-
plished. At one time there threatened
to be trouble with the Inbor unions,
which objected to Belgians being em-
ployed as their competitors. However,
this was everted, and in the Vickers-
Maxim areenal alone there are 3,000
skilled Belgians employed. Thousands
of these Bolgian refurees, no doubt,
will remain permanently in Grest
Britain, the horrors of what they have
endured making {t impossible that
they could*ever again live in security
and comfort next door to Germany.

Will Sue S

National Trust Takes Action Against
Prince Albert Company

Prince Albert, Sask.—In a_ state-
ment to the city coun D,. W. Adanis,
city solicitor dealt with the situation
in regard to the insolvent Great West
Wood, Iron and Chemica! Company.
Hie stated what the city was doing
at the present time, first as having
guaranteed the principal and interest
on the debenture issue of $125,000,
'and, second, as a creditor of the Great
; West for the value of certain boilers,
electric light, and water supplied to
that company. In regard to both
‘claims an action has been instituted
{by the National ‘Trust Company
against F. HH. Phippen, D. B, Hanna,
| Hector Macinnes, and Folix Frank,
shareholders of the Grea’ West Com-
i pany, to have these parties made li-
'ablé for the sum of $499,500, or $19.-
{000 each, in respeet to shares issued
‘to them in said company. If this ac-
\ tion is successful, and these parties
jare worth that sum of money, then
| the city’s interest in both these claims
| will be taken care of. If the action is
| successful, or if the action should be
|successful and the parties are not
| worth that money, then the creditors
) will have to look to the assets of the
/ Great West Company for payment of
‘their claims.
The ussets

hareholders

)
are

tinto liquidation will permit. Some
jor the raw paints “ave been sold and
j some glass and oils and. small quaat-

jity of lumber, °

The torpedoes now being used in
the British navy cost fram $5,500 to
1 $5,000 to construct, according to «.
naval expert. Even the newest Bri:
ish torpedoes are less expensive thaa
those used by the latest German sub-
marines, which havea diameter of 21
inches and travel at a speed of 48
knots an hour, having an effective
range of seven miles, The internal
mechanism includes a high speed ro-
tating engine, shafts and gears and
250 pounds of high explosives.

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ae
have

| Recruiting Sergeant—!
| Hist you my good man;
| only one eye.
| Patriotic

can't
you

Scotsman—Hoots! That
| dis‘na matter, Ye'vve to shut ae e’e
5 yer shooting anyway.

The policy of providing good roads
for homemakers in Alberta is illus-
trated by the fact that since the proy-
ince was organized in 1905 no fewer
than 2,524 bridges have been erected,
These bridges are practically all on
roads serving the rural communities,

being realized a8{anq at Heligolard;
fast as the very adverse conditions| an merchant vessel
| prevailing since this company went} ber—off

|

| production is t

ene ——ewen

Annual Report of Experimental Farms |
in Two Volumes |

The work and scope of the Experi: |
mental furms and stations have de-/|
veloped to stich an extent that it h
been found necessary, for the sa
of convenience, to devote two volumes
of nearly five hundred pages cach to}
the main or uggregate report for the
year ending Match #1, 1914. In ihe
first volume are preserved the re-)
ports of the director and the divi-
sions of chemistry, field) husbandry
and animal husbandry. It is by
study of these chronicles that an idea |
can be obtaited of the vast amount of
work that is being donc, and an ap-)
preciation arrived at of a resultant)
good. . |
In the first few pages are given the |
usual comparative tables of grain!
ylelds and prices, and of live stock |
for the five years extending from
1909 to 1918, each of which, except |
ing horses ahd swine, shows a de-
crease in the eastern provinces since
1920, In the western provinces there
was a deficierfcy of upwards of occ,
000 cattle between the same year,
and 1913, but an increase of nearly |
half a million horses and only a,
slight disparity in sheep, which, how- |
ever, are showing a tendency to im-!
provement. Swine increased by up-}
wards of 600,000, In British Colum-
hia the numerical changes were com- |
paratively light. Naturally, much!
space is given to reports of experi-!
ments at the different farms and sta-
tions. These experiments, it is hardly |
nece ry to say, cover every variety
of grain, fruit and vegetable produc.)

}

tion, as well as soil development, crop |
of

management, cultivation
plants and , live st
ing and dairying. It wonld be in
possible to overestimate the impor
ance of the information thus fur-
nished.

Of course
value of inc

forage |
breed-

ses

i
|
at this time, when the
by improvement of
ing strenuously urged, |
the reports are of special interest.
It is not alone with what may be
termed activities of the farm prope:
that they deal, but also with buill-
ing, with clearing, with road-mahing,
with ornamental gardening.

Pexchange his lot with that of

jand

EE ae

GETTING DOWN TO REAL BUSINESS.
WITH CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE

[HAVING FAITH IN OUR NATURAL RESOURCES

Sir Edmund Walker Strikes an Optimistic Note in Summing up
the Economical Situation in Canada, and gives the Factors
of Strength that Restore Confidence

After analyzing carefully the ele-
ments, good and bad, making up the
Canadian situation, who can tail to be
a conservative optimist? First, the
inevitable must be faced. Hult our
troubles are cauaed by kicking against
what is. The inevitable includes the
fact that the British empire is at
war and that sacrifices must be made,
It includes the fact that Canada was
due for an economic reconsideration,
whether or not the war had come. It
includes recognition of the fact that

jspectiative jum is not the bread and

butter of business. Ilaving recognized

these thinos, we are able to do busi-
hess on a new plane Exaggerated
ideas of land values and rentais are
disappearing; so ure the abu of
credit. A better idea is being obtain-
ed of what constitutes a proper basis
of credit. Im short, we are getting

down to real business.

War, naturally enough, effects trade,
commerce, investment and business
in many directions. The news from
the front last week, for instance, give
a distinct check to increasing contid-
ence and business at home. Yet we
all know there can be only one result
to the present struggle. None wou's
a citizer
of an enemy country, And the confid-
ence we have in the emptre’e fight
in the nation’s future, should be
spoken. It should unite with the cor

Unsinkable Ships
Little Faith in Modern Devices for
Keeping Vessels Afloat
The I.ondon Post s hat the rap-

the reports constitute virtu ty with which the Lusitania sank

cyclopedia ef farming si raises important questions with re-

branches brought up to te. ‘gard to modern devices tor helping
While, as has been si velume one to keep vessels afloat case of their

is devoted to the review by the peing damaged by accident or de-

director and reports of the divisions | sign,

of chemistry, field husbandry and ant) [Tt quotes Alexander rlyle, who,

mal husbandry, volume two pr nts
the reports of the divisions of horti-!
culture, cereals, botany, entomol

forage plants, poultry and tobaeco
All that las been said of the com.)
pleteness in its contents the first ;

volume can be repeated of e second.
It, too, is a useful compilation and |
a sample in detail of the benefits to
be derived from scientific and pains: |
(@king research

As in the preceding years, the mat-
ters dealt with in this volume are;
divided into sections: ca) Givin
cise information.of the work
experimental farms in the
referred to, and (b)
various lines of experimental
under way throughout the system. It’
is explained that the latter section
is devised and designed with a view

at
divisions
Treating of the

work

to ajding the farmer moe directly }
in the details ©f his vocation.: It is |}
worthy of wide tribution. One
thing certain is, the nature of
the reports makes them deserving af
the closest attent may
be obtained by making appli n to

the
of

publications branch,
agricultur Ottawa.

Navy has Limitations

department™

Criticism of the Work of the Navy
Seems Unreasonable
Criticizing the Mritish navy for not,
providing an escort to the Lusitania |
gets no place, Obously no navy in
the world is jarge cnough to bom-
bard the Dardanelles, guard the Suez}
canal; patrol the Mediterranean; |
guard transport ships crossing the |
English channel so closely that, al-
though within a few mile; of the base

‘tion of time and

‘heer

ot rland
le position it,
world at the

did much to rai
& Wolfe, of Belf
occupics in the shipping
present date, as say

‘TL don't believe ther: such a thing
as an unsinkable ship. Neither do 1
believe such a ship will ever be built. |

“The idea of such a thing seems to|%

me absurd. How can you make 5,
00) tons of iron, steel and brass float
(for that is how you must look at it) |
when the metal has been battered in-|
to # more or less shapeless muss?

“There were ple ty of life
board the Lusitania, but it was
that did not suifice
to launch all the bor Had the Lusi-

(tania remained afloat, say, for two or

three hours, I have little doubt that
the lives of all abeard would have
‘been saved, except those wio wer:

killed by the explosion of the torpe lo
or who might have died of shock, }

‘It is One of the cisadyvantages ¢
the great size of mModetn passenger
vessels that they car 7 so n y peo
ple that it take i tor to get
them off in case of dan E

“Lam inclired to think that in th

future we shall not
larger than those which |!
butit, because |
finding harbors suit y
eommodation of the Vess>
certain size.”

Women’s Wages

See .ves

+ beyond a

British Women Workers Asking Four

Equal Consideration With
Men
The women of Great Britain have

responded as they should to the call

of the governmert The emorgeney
of German submarires, not a trans-) orops have entered “nto many situa
port was lost out of a number re ‘tions usually filled by men, Among
quired to convey 600,000 soldiers; them are interpreters, dispensers, Vet-
guard transport ships carrying troops | erinary surgeons, chauffeurs, motor
from Canada to Eaglind; keep open | echanies, doctors, railway workers,
the English channs for ¢ onstant ; street car conduct¢ is well as work-
commissary supplics to Praveos ers in offices usualty tilled by mo
guard all the ports of the British) \hen the war is over, not all
Isles; bombard the Germans on the o¢ these women will give up their

keep the
in the
driv

coasts of Belgium;
war fleet penned up

German
Kiel canal}
every Ger-
wO in num-
the» high > absolutel,
stop all German commerce; blockade
Germany so effectively that even the!

BE

Germans admit net a particle’ of)
food, ‘copper or war supplies are |
reacting them by sea; have war!
vessels in rese.ve to give battle to!
the German fleet if it ever makes it}
dash to sea; and still have enough
warships to act as escort to every

passenger steamer. There are limita-)
tions to even th? British Navy!
Sioux City, lowa, Tribune.
Se
Colonization of the fertile lands of}
Western Canada continues unabated. |
During the mon.h of April the Cand: |
ian Pacific Railway Company, depart- |
ment of natural resources, disposed of
practically twenty thousind acres to
actual home makers, who will enter
into occupation and bring the land un- |
der cultivation. To bo exact, there

“were 124 different sales, and, allow-

ing for the wives ind chitdren of pur-
chasers, the month's business pro- |
vides for the placing of about 500 peo- |
ple directly on the land. A notable
fact is that the great majority of these
purchasers bought quarter-section
areas, indicating that they are going
into farming on a somewhat intensive
scale as compared with the “big farm"
methods popular a few years ago, \

| positions te the’ soldiers, who

j dustry

the government

~!be very soon, it would be a very bad
‘thing if the cheap
}should take the place

come
back from the war. But women will
have gained a consciousness of ability

; Which they cannot part with, if they

want to. Today women leaders in in-
are warning their followers
that they should claim for men’s work
the wages of men. This not because |
they want to embarr employers of
It in the interest |
of men tiremselves fhat women shall |
receive the same wages for the same
work. When normal-conditions re-
turn, which, on account of the great,
loss of life, will not, it is to be feared,

labor of wome.
of adequate
wages for the heads of families. The
war will be the cause of many changes
in the old world and the status of the |
labor of women is likely to be amons |
these. «

“AN along the line,’ says Major!
Vandaleur, who happily escaped from
German imprisonment, “we were}
cursed by officers and soldiers alike
at the various stations. . » On
reaching the German-Belgian frontier
the French prisoners were given some |
potato soup. The reople in charge
told us that nono was for us, but
that if any was let over after the!
french had been fed we should get}
what remained. This is in accord-
ance with the geteral treatment of
British prisoners py the Germans.”

fidence of others. Facts cannot be
changed by pessimism. Good senti-
ment plays an important part in the
maintenance of credit, of business and
of faith in a young country’s natural
resources, its prospecis and its man-
hood.

Money if accumulating
There is a demand for good ponds,
and a growing call for stocks. The
chartered bunks, the safety valve of
Canada, are in an excellent position.
They will xtend credit where it is de-
served, The agricultural prospects
are excellent. The outlook. for immi-
gration is good. The labor situation
is not bad. Canada has had little dif-
fieutly in financing its requirements.
The change from the British to the
United States money market was ef-
fected without trouble. Mortgage
payments, both principal and interest,
ure good. Kconemy is not being ca>-
ried to a foolish extrome Manufae-
turers are encouraging the home de-
mind for their goods, at the same time
seeking to increase their export trade.
New trade channel. are being cut
Experienced farmers from tha United
States have already commenced again
to take up lands in Western Canada.
And there are numerous other factors
of stroneth in the Canadian situation.
Ail we need is a stronger exhibition of
or latent confidence.—Sir Mdimund
Walker in the Monetary Times

rapidly.

° A
Money in Live Stock
Marked Increase in the Price of Beet
is Sure to Come

Mr. Randolph Bruce, a well known
rancher in Western Canada, has just
returned from Lt with many in-
teresting opinions as to the etfect that
the w will have on the Canadian
farmer, ‘The immense slaughter of
cattie tor the armies in the tleld w
he thinks, very shortly cause a gr
increase in the price of be d those
farmers who are raising cattle will
muke more money even than those
who are raising wheat at a dollar fifty
per bus livery effort should be
nade to se catile for the market in

jas hirge quantities and as quickly as

ssible. Mr. Bruce is a great believer
alfalfa as the most safisfactory
food for the rapid raising of cattle for
beef. ~

Jn this connection it is tnteresting
to note that fattening young stock 1s
becoming very popular in the United

Sintes where the market for beet is
increasing so rapidly that more study
has been paid to methods of increas-
ing production

In the early days cattle wers Kept

on the ranges from three to five years.
Kaperience, however, has shown that
the use of thoroughbred bulls and the
cons°quent improvement in the qual-

ity and maturing ability of market
cattle, toge with heavier grain
feed hus it possiple to put
just a f on the market at
from 15 hs old. Wxperts are
of the opinion that with the continued

improvement of breed stock it will be
possible to market at an even earl-
e. Among the advantages of
y finishing of cattle, the follow-
ine are mentioned by some of the
lending tlie men: lirstly, younger
eatile make heavier gains of beefona
similar amount of feed than old cat-
condly, the money invested is
faster, being turned over in
en months, where formerly it

ler

Cleht
took from three to five years; thireky,
“helfers
ily

sell as
more

old
finish

under two years
steers, and

as

sus

prove without shad-
P doubt, the value of peef cattle in

increasing. In

there were $167,744 valued at

O7,041 or an average of $1 r
tuhing the good with the bad. In 1911
theve were 3,929 ied at $85.-
S78 400, or an average of $21.90, an in-
crease of $LT8 per head. Mr. H. S.
Arkell, assistant live stock commis-

sioner for the Dominion government,
says that never in our statistical his-
tory ve prices attained so high a

figure either for caltle on the hoof or

for meat in the butcher shop as_to-

What it will bo next year when

ie full effect of the war felt no
one can tell

Killing of Seals Resumed

Experts Report the American Herd

Has Increased Enough to Permit
Commercial Operations

W.. Cc. Redfield, secretary of com:

;meree, will urge congressional legis-
‘Jation, it is now expicted, based on the

recommendation of three scientitic ex-

ports, authorizing the resumption of

the Ming of seals at the Pribilot
ids next winter

Isla

( ada and Japar
ested financially in the American
herd, by tke term of, treaty which
abolished »elagic sealing, made an in-
vestigation contemporancously with
the American experts, Both govern-
ments have made representations to
the United States that the” condition

which are inter-

‘of the seal herd warrauts resuming

sealing operations at once.—New

| York Nerald.

Teacher—Katherine, what do you
know about the orchid family?

Katie-——-Please, miss, mother has
forbidden us to indulge in any family

enssip.

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GEO. F. SMITH, Prop.
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We handle all kinds of Fresh, Salt
and Smoked Meats

FRESH FISH EVERY THURSDAY

We pay highest market prices for hides

Located in Leuszler Block, opposite Rosebud Hotel

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Get your Butter Wrappers printed

at the Pioneer office and save
trouble with the new law.

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THE PIONEER, DIDUSBURY, ALBERTA. JULY 7th, 1915

AROUND THE TOWN

(Continued from page 1)

Miss Ruby Weber is visiting
with friends in Calgary.

Hike for Westcott Sports on
Monday next, July 12th.

Mise Louise Strong,of Calgary,
ie visiting with her aunt and un-
cle, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Spink.

Walter.Durrer has commenced
building operations on his fine
new brick-etore, next tu Studer’s
general store.

The meeting of the Town Coun
cil which should have been held
on Monday night last wae post-
poned until next Monday night,
July 12th.

G. C. Johnson, Vice-Principal
of the Didsbury High School, is
marking examination papers at
Calgary this week.

Miss Eva Sexamith, teacher in
the Didsbury Public School, is
attending summer school at Ed-
monton.

JUST RECEIVED A CAR OF

BRAN and SHORTS

Purity Flour

always on hand

Fresh Fleischman’s Yeast

coming in weekly

See our NEW SPRING NOVELTIES

which have just arrived

A. G. STUDER

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Summer Excursion Fares

CIRCLE TOUR THROUGH A splendid vacation trip for teachers— and
REVELSTOKE AND others. Very low fares from all stations.
KOOTENAY Good for three months, $22.00 from Calgary.

To points in Ontario, Quebec, New Bruns-
wick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Is-
land at low fares. Liberal limits, stop
overs and diverse routings.
PANAMA. PACIFIC AND_ Reduced fares from al] points. When going
SAN DIEGO EXPOSITIONS. to the Expositions or the Pacific Coast, it
PACIFIC COAST will profit you to travel through your own
EXCRUSIONS wonderland—THe Canaptan Rocktes—
visiting Banff, Lake Louise, Field, Glacier,
thence via Vancouver. ‘

SAIL THE GREAT LAKES On the 4 favorite palatial steamships,
SUPERIOR & HURON **Alberta’’ ‘‘Assiniboia’’, ‘Manitoba’? and
‘‘Keewatin.’?

THEY MAKE FOUR ROUND TRIPS EACH WEEK
SAILINGS—EASTBOUND

Mrs, Murray of Avening, ont.,
and Mre., Chas, Murray and aon
of Athabasca, visited for a short
time with Mra. and Rev. D. H.
Marehall last week.

The Rugby Women’s Institute
will serve lunch, ice cream and
lemonade at the Westcott sports
on Monday, July 12th. Proceeds
for Red Croes Funds. Donations
of cakes or sandwiches acceptable

Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Hune-
perger of Barnwell, Alta., were
visiting with their uncle, Post-
master Hunsperger, and other
friende and relatives in the dis-
trict for a few days last week.

To EASTERN CANADA

Don’t forget to be on hand at
1 o’clock at the Westcott Sporte
to hear the speech on ‘Patriotism
and Prohibition” to be given by
Rev. 8. Bagon-Hillacks, M.L.A.,
of Calgary, it “vill be well worth
your while to hear it, ©

’ The Conrt of Revision of the
Town assessment was held on
Saturday last. Mayor Osmond

Councillors Reed, Paton, Wood, ‘Alberta’ ‘*Assiniboia’’ ‘Manitoba’ “Keewatin’’
Ly. Ft. William Sun. 2 p.m. Tues, 2pm. Sat. 2p.m. Fri. 2 p.m.
Herber. Secretary Brueso and)" Pt. Arthur = Sun. 3 p.m. Tue Sp.m._ Sat. wae Fri. 3). aan
Solicitor Austin were present.) Arr. Pt. NcNicoll Tues. 8.30 a.m, Thur, 8.39a.m. Mon. 8.30 a.m. Sun.°8.30 a.m.
While there were several appeals | TRY this route; it offers an ideal cHANGR and Reet to the traveller bound for East-

ern Canada and the Eastern States,
Particulars from nearest Agent or from

R. DAWSON,

taken up no changes were made
in the land assessment, Three
appellants had their business tax

assessment lowered, proof being
shown that they were too high.

District Passenger agent, CALGARY, Alta.

Mr. W. Shantz, ason of Mrs.
J. B. Shantz, who has been visit-
ing in various pate of Ontario
and the State of New York, for
the past half year or more, re-
turned from thereon Monday and
after having given us a brief re-
view of conditions down there,
as seen by him, he firmly believes
that there is no place like home,
particularly in this part of the
province. His sister, who went
down east with him, will not re-
turn until fall.

POLICE USED PEPPER

Reon eee
It Enabled Them to Capture Man With
Iron Bar

SHAKO REPLACES HELMET

Radical Char72 Pronosed In Head.
drezs fer Britain's Regulars

It {a under-‘o d that a final decf:ton
has been arr!-ed at by the War C fiice
on the srbjc-ct of the treed-dress of
the Brit'sh Army. The nresert nat-
tern of Infantry helmet villte ob Hh
ed, and in its picce the historic sta
ko will be revived. The question o*
this change has been under discur
sion by the Army Council and the
Oress Committee for about two years
and the final recommendation was
wholly in favor of the shako. The
pattern of the new head-dress will be
@ compromise between a new shape
and the shako as now worn by the
Highlend Light Infantry and the Scot:
tish Rifles. It is understood that it
will be lower in the crown, rather
after the French model, and, stil! fol-
lowing that pattern, it will be lighter
than the shako hitherto associated
with British forces. It is intended
to issue two thousand shakos for
trial, and the troops to receive them
for this purpose may be the 13th
Infantry Brigade in Ireland, command-
ed by Brigadier-General T. Capper.

Cayenne pepper, burned on cotton
wool, was used by the Leeds police
in capturing a man who took refuge
in his bedroom. The story was told
when Thomas Griffin was charged
with assaulting Police-Constable Wain-
wright. The constable came across
the prisoner lying drunk on the foot-
path and told him to go home, Grif-
fin obeyed, but later he came out of
his house and threw a mug at the

policeman, Big Expropriation Case

cases ever heard of in western Cana-

s tick in one |Grand Trunk Pecific Railway eereed
ran facific way

hand and an iron ber lg Repeal to vay the Union iron Works, of Cal-

gary the sum o: 000, @ com-

hours kept the police EH ¢ It was pany's right of way went through 100

f the iron work’s property and
by burning cayenne pepper om cotton|under the railw that
wool. Fifty-nine previous convictions amount of land could Fy Hd

ropriat:d.
On the amount to be

for the
was sentenced to siz months’ imprison: | strip in question the arbitrators could
BE oid rt $ aaren, two of them deciding that

A Wi
First Train Ride et 88 others thet $1, 0 was beer 7 3
The Windsor officer re ¢ with Mr. Edward
ported thet s man dirty ogare ole, Knapp, the owner of the works, the

decided railway fires the whole geeverty,
Margate, refused to | 17g fect by 188 feet, for 980.000,

Excursion

One of the best excursions of the
season will he run from Didsbury to
Lacombe, under the auspices of the
Red Deer County L.O.L. at less than
single fare. ‘V'ickets may be had front
G. B. Sexsmith, E, Boughtin and
W.-H. Stark. ‘Take in this enjoyable
trip and celebrate the glorious sath
this year at Lacombe. Sports of var
ious kinds during the afternoon and
addresses hy leading men.

LOST

Clydeadale mare, bay, four white |
and white face. Should have foal ae
side, Anyone returning or giving infor;
mation of her to James Neisux, Big
Prairie, will be rewarded. i

STRAYED

A sorrel mare, with light mane and tail
and big white spot in forehead, no brand,
3 years old, This mare has been gone
one month from ny place near Elkton.
Finder please notify by phone J. R.

‘| Mcon, phone No, 1804. f
One of the largest expropriation epi: ore

NOTICE

WELL DRILLING

Having hought W. Ageher’s well
Crill we are now prepared for drill.
ing wells with experienced opera-
tors, ;: H H H : :

Come and see us or phone RGIS

HUBER & ROSENBERGER
DIDSBURY -:0:- ALTA,